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Motu Redesign challenge #87 - Gygor!

Here we've finally come across possibly THE biggest underdog ( or would that be under-APE..?) of all of MotU.

GYGOR.

He is a giant golden Ape that would work as an alternate steed for He-man and/or the heroic warriors.

He was only revealed about 3 years or so ago, as an unproduced prototype-sketched toy, by Roger Sweet
one of the original managers of the MotU-line back in the day, in his biography: "Mastering the Universe".

This is all of the information available on Gygor:

Originally Posted by Roger Sweet

I changed the ape's body color from black to bright yellow and gave him a dark olive-green face and chest.His face in contorted with white teeth snarling in an open mouth of blood red.I gave him a black body harness.From his shoulders I hung a dark maroon cape."

"When I showed "Gygor" to marketing Mark Ellis said that is ********** great!!!"

"Ted Mayer in my design group created a striking full-color illustration of the beast, with He-Man mounted on his back. Gygor was decked out with a panoply of harnesses and weapons.

Sounds like it could have been pretty damn cool. A third classic animal, after Battle-Cat and Zoar.

The rules are as EVER:
All people who choose to participate will have two weeks to come up with a redesign for this
character. You can use any medium you wish. You can sketch, paint, make a 3-D model,
make a sprite, make a custom action figure, whatever you want. Its entirely up to you!

As well, you don't have to force yourself to make your design conform to the new OR OLD cartoon &
comic book's style. Be as drastic in your redesign as you see fit. Whatever makes you happy.
If you can't think of a new design, or just hate the idea of working on this character,
you do not have to feel obligated to participate in this particular challenge.
You will still be free to participate in any future challenges you wish.

I'm not so sure about mine anymore. I got the idea straight away and did a couple of drawings... but the concept makes less sense now. I might post the concepts to see if you guys think it's worth persuing.

Heres the concept so far. Because of the similarities with the name stridor (hey they both end in 'or' don't they?) I've taken Gygor as being a technological construct. He retains basic AI so he can act autonomously, but his AI is overuled when a master takes the reigns. I couldn't quite see He-man riding this beast into battle on piggy back so I've made it more of an enclosed mech-suit style device.
So what do you think? worth finishing up or should I try again?

Could be that the big carry-all on Gygors back is balanced by a sort of gyroscope and stuff, so it's always on a certain level, even if he's running on his arms or swinging trough the gigantic trees of the Wine Jungle, allowing his passengers to always have a good line of sight for battle. Just a clever little idea I'm throwing out there.

Heres the concept so far. Because of the similarities with the name stridor (hey they both end in 'or' don't they?) I've taken Gygor as being a technological construct. He retains basic AI so he can act autonomously, but his AI is overuled when a master takes the reigns. I couldn't quite see He-man riding this beast into battle on piggy back so I've made it more of an enclosed mech-suit style device.
So what do you think? worth finishing up or should I try again?http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...work/gygor.jpg

DO IT!!! I had thought about him as some kind of robotic/cybernetic creature - but I love the idea of the mech-suit take on him - this is totally awesome! I can't wait to see it finished!

And Predabot: I dig the idea of the gyroscopic saddle/seat or whatever ... I may try and incorporate that if I have time to come up with something!

Seraphyn, that concept rocks! Only problem is that is hard to believe He-man using monkey-like exoskeleton as a extra punch, but some other character (Marlena, Gwildor...) could fit better in that vehicle.

My Gygor is more like heroic version of Beastman (maybe he comes from another dimension M-a-A visited: one of the Keldor heroes?)

Will do commissions for loose 200X Evillyn or Roboto. Guarantee: if not happy with pic, no need to send fig!

Glad to have you aboard Jaf, you always add something great to these challenges. And that's awesome that you've done 3 in a row!! You'll be a regular in no-time.

Btw... I think this would be your first creature-design wouldn't it?

LOL!! Pred just teasing you buddy, ya know that!!
Thanks for the kudos!! LOL!!
I have been tossing ideas around for this guy since he was announced, so I'm hoping to bring out my best. Yes, this would be the 1st time I've done a creature for the boards, but I'm a HUGE King-Kong fan & really look forward to making a heroic Ape for the Masters mythos. You keep having so many great challenges like the last couple & I just can't help myself but participate!! Great ideas inspire great art!!